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Earl Patrick Macalam
Currently searching for a position that allows me to use statistical tools leveraging a combination of data visualization, data analysis, statistical analysis, and mathematical modeling to help people explore and understand their data in useful ways.
Education
MS Statistics
University of the Philippines
Diliman, Quezon City
Present - 2018
Thesis Stage
Relevant Coursework: Statistical Software, Business Analytics, The Practice of Statistics, Cases in Statistical Consulting, Nonparametric Methods, Probability Theory, Data Mining, Computational Statistics
BS Mathematics
Mindanao State University
General Santos City
2018 - 2014
Thesis: On the necessary and sufficient condition that an element \(\alpha + b\omega\) in \(\mathbb{Z}[\omega]\) is Eisenstein prime
Online Courses and Webinars
Machine Learning for Data Science
Free webinar on machine learning.
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Novermber 14, 2020
Machine learning concepts, techniques, and methods.
R Beyond RAM / R on the Cloud
R User Group - Philippines (Webinar)
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July 22, 2020
Tackle R’s limitation in handling large datasets and in-memory operations, confined within our RAM, tips and tricks on how to go beyond our RAM.
Data Science Specialization by Jhons Hopkins University
Coursera free online course
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Concepts and tools needed in the entire data science pipeline, inferences, modelling, data visualization, and publishing results.
Python & Machine Learning for Financial Analysis
Udemy free online course
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Python programming fundamentals and application to solve real world finance and banking problems using machine learning.
I have also knowledge on handling time series data using R and Python.
Selected Writing
On Relative Fit Evaluation of C-G-DINA and C-DINA Models
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Model comparison of two cognitive diagnosis model using various fit statistics on simulated data by R.
An analysis on GDP and Self-rated Poverty
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Investigating the relationship between self-rated poverty and GDP using the economic data obtained from World Bank and SWS by various statistical analysis.
Data Analysis on Shopping Data
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Data visualization, data wrangling, and data analysis on shopping data as an application to various statiscal tools, e.g, R, SAS, and Python.
On my free time, I do data analysis exercises on data from Kaggle. https://github.com/EarlMacalam/Data-Wrangling-Exercises
Seminars and Lectures Attended
Statistics in Real Life: A Telco Example
Lecture Hall 1
UP - School of Statistics
March 5, 2020
Testing the Hypothesis “X is necessary but not sufficient for Y”
Lecture Hall 1
UP - School of Statistics
August 30, 2019
Professorial Chair Lecture Series
Saan Ka Lulugar?: Exploring the Spatial Scatter of Competing Business Center Towards Optimizing Future Branch Locations
Lecture Hall 1
UP - School of Statistics
August 29, 2019
Professorial Chair Lecture Series
Implementing Surveys via Computer-Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI) and Computer-Assisted Web Interview (CAWI) using CSPro and Survey Solutions
Lecture Hall 1
UP - School of Statistics
August 28, 2019
Professorial Chair Lecture Series
Spectral and Heritability Analysis of EEG Time Series data using a Nested Dirichlet Process
Lecture Hall 1
UP - School of Statistics
August 28, 2019
Colloquium on the Statistical Sciences
Data Processing and Statistical Analysis
Science & Technology Training Center
MSU - GenSan
October 4, 2017
An Introduction on Graphs and Domination Theory
Science & Technology Training Center
MSU - GenSan
September 6, 2017
Seminar on Latex Application
Science & Technology Training Center
MSU - GenSan
August 17, 2017
Organizations
Organization of Mathematics and Natural Sciences Students
Member
MSU - GenSan
2018 - 2014
Society of Mathematics Students
Member
MSU - GenSan
2018 - 2014
Awards and Scholarships
Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Scholar
Mindanao State University - GenSan
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2018 - 2014
Department of Science and Technology Accelerated Science and Technology Human Resources Development Program (DOST-ASTHRDP) Scholar
University of the Philippines - Diliman
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2020 - 2018
Wizard’s Night 2k18 Mathematician of the Year
Mindanao State University - GenSan
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March 16, 2018